Wednesday, June 30, 2004
First Message
This blog is going to be an attempt on my part to overcome the terrible writer's block I've suffered from over the past few years. One of the passions in my life is the academic life, but I've had trouble doing serious writing. So I'm hoping keeping this blog will help me figure out what it is that I want to say, exactly. I find it difficult to focus on any one specific topic long enough to write a publishable academic essay.
I anticipate writing things about my everyday life--a way to get some critical distance on what's going on in my life. But I also want to begin to generate ideas to work on. One way I have in mind to do this is to write short reviews of a variety of different texts. I have in mind something like Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan. In the past I've come up with a list of things to review. Unfortunately I don't have it right in front of me, so that will have to wait until the next posting . . . .
I anticipate writing things about my everyday life--a way to get some critical distance on what's going on in my life. But I also want to begin to generate ideas to work on. One way I have in mind to do this is to write short reviews of a variety of different texts. I have in mind something like Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan. In the past I've come up with a list of things to review. Unfortunately I don't have it right in front of me, so that will have to wait until the next posting . . . .
